“The people trying to kill him are the same ones he used to eat lunch with.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“My life is four walls of missed opportunities poured in concrete molds.” — Tahereh Mafi Life Copy Share Image
“Alice dropped her head, because sadness had left hinges in her bones.” — Tahereh Mafi Sadness Copy Share Image
“Life is a bleak place. Sometimes you have to learn how to shoot first.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“And I felt it then: this strange, inexplicable sense that she might be the only person in the world I could really… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“I'm going to show you exactly what choice I've made. I'm going to memorize every inch of your body with my lips.” — Tahereh Mafi Lips Copy Share Image
“You deserve so much more than charity," he said, his chest heaving. "You deserve to live, You deserve to be alive .” — Tahereh Mafi Generosity Copy Share Image
“I turn to the glass wall keeping me from the other half of my heart. Press my head against the cool surface.… — Tahereh Mafi Adam-kent Copy Share Image
“Is it possible to love someone and then stop loving them? I don't know I even know what love is.” — Tahereh Mafi Love Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I wish I could step outside of myself for a while. I want to leave this worn body behind, but my… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Truth is a jealous, vicious mistress that never ever sleeps, is what I don’t tell him. I’ll never be okay.” — Tahereh Mafi Mistress Copy Share Image
“I'm not interested in waiting around and risking the who-knows and the what-ifs and the huge regrets. I want to feel all… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“It's hot rain and humid days and broken thermostats. It's screaming tea kettles and raging steam engines and wanting to take your… — Tahereh Mafi Humid Copy Share Image
“Have you ever been in love?" I ask, turning on my side to look at him. He stares up at the sky.… — Tahereh Mafi Juliette-ferrars Copy Share Image
“You’ll be fine. You didn’t even break anything. You messed up your knuckles and your brain freaked out a little and basically… — Tahereh Mafi Vacation Copy Share Image
“I've finally gotten to a point in my life where I'm not afraid to speak. Where my shadow no longer haunts me.… — Tahereh Mafi Freedom Copy Share Image
“I didn't know much about the world, but there was something about you I was immediately drawn to. It's like I just… — Tahereh Mafi Life Copy Share Image
“The soldiers stomp stomp stomp through the rain, crushing leaves and fallen snow under their feet. Their hands are wrapped in gloves… — Tahereh Mafi Rain Copy Share Image
“What do you think?" I ask. "Your suit looks like mine." Kenji frowns. "I'm supposed to be the one with the black… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I wish I never had to sleep. Sometimes I think that if I stay very, very still, if I never move… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Just a moment. Just 1 second, just 1 more minute, just give me another hour or maybe the weekend to think it… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“...and I know I'm about to die. I know it's over and it doesn't feel real, somehow, it feels like this is… — Tahereh Mafi Death Copy Share Image
“And he leans in, so carefully. Breathing and not breathing and hearts beating between us and he’s so close, he’s so close… — Tahereh Mafi Bad dream Copy Share Image
“You destroy me." "Juliette," he says and he mouths the name, barely speaking at all, and he's pouring molten lava into my… — Tahereh Mafi Best friend Copy Share Image
“It’s like that one time you woke up and tripped down a rabbit hole and a blond girl in a blue dress… — Tahereh Mafi Blue dress Copy Share Image
“And I do. I do wonder, I think about it all the time. What it would be like to kill myself. Because… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“What?” I cut him off. “That’s not true—I do take this seriously—” “Bullshit.” He laughs a short, sharp, angry laugh. “All you… — Tahereh Mafi Kenji Copy Share Image
“And he leans in, so carefully. Breathing and not breathing and hearts beating between us and he's so close, he's so close… — Tahereh Mafi Dystopian Copy Share Image
